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lAtjr.4l. on the Bth February, Major Welsh, with Lieut. Gore, surveyed the enemy's lines, and to their aSto nishrnent observed some old walls appareptitaban dolled, and an approach of no great .difficulty be hind the battery on the south bill. This was re ported at head -quarters in the other camp : Major Welsh proposed to take advantage of the discovery, and requ%sted about 2uo Europeans to be added to his own regiment, for the purpose of making the attempt. Colonel St. Leger was favourable to the plan ; but before be would finally decide, be sent Welsh and Lambion to a neighbouring hill, to i_xamine more particularly the works, the nature ot the approach, &-c-. the morning of the 9th, at sun-rise, Colonel St.' Leger, Lieutenant-Colonel M'Leod, Majots Welsh and Lambtoo, repaired, to the observatory, and had a full view of every thing, and returned fully convinced of the practicability of the 'A deep jungle was discovered at the foot of the hill,. but -every thing else as had been previously sup posed: -A sketch and plan of attack was made out •by Major Welsh, and submitted to Colonel St. Leger, Lieutenant Colonel M'Leod, and Major Latneton, by Vt. OM it was agreed that Major Welsh should Ctie two companies of the- picquet, amotlnting to 150 men, his own corps, the five companies Ist baaal.o. , of 31 regiment of these he • lett three companies of each oattalion with the Na tive pieqta-qs, and • two guns ar the advanced post, under - Captain . Stevenson, (who having recently. broke his leg, was incapable of climbing) ; the stormink.r, party therefcre consisted of 550 Euro pean's,- both Regithent, under Captain SyinS ; seven - Volunteer Artillery ; two companies of grenadiers and light infantry, under Captain Pepper; seven ditto, infantry, and Captain Lucas ; 150 pioneers, under Lieutenant Bertram ; with tour short scaling ladders; and a great quantity of ommunition. Hiving formed a finiorn hope of one serjeant, one corporal, and twelve privates, they marched off, on the road formerly cut by the pioneers to the lefts or southward, and proceeded without obstruction until they reached the foot of the hill, where they rested • for half an hour to form up and lie:down, to allow the blue lights to burn out (these are burnt along their lines to.prevent surpi Ise). They again started and entered a dreadfully deep jungle, occasionally Crossing ravines, ten, twelve, and fourteen feet deep, full of thorns and bushes, through which it was ne cessary to creep on their hands and feet. At this itinCture Major Welsh took the command of the forlorn hope in-person, making a provision for a safe retreat, assigning to every man his post, and dire ing that it should be effected in slow time; and by alternate sections of the European party, firing and fling to the rear. Having surmounted many diffi culties, and scrambled over many precipices, Major Welsh missed every body but the forlorn hope, Lieutenant Bertram and his pioneer bugle, with about four pioneers. The night was dark ; this small party whistled to no purpose, and were then very near the works. After waiting in vain a quar ter of an hour, the men were direOted by their leader to fix their bayonets, cautioned not to fire, but to carry every thing by the bayonet. They assured . - Major Welah of their determination to conquer or die with him, and crept under the walls, when (having no ladders) it was proposed they should climb upon one anothers shoulders, the Major offer ing to be the first man—this the men would not allow. Two men got in first, when the Major fol lowed, who finding the two men greatly exhausted, lie himself drew up Lieutenant Bertram and six men by main strength, and -then gave place to others. Thus we formed a party of about e2O. It was ex . anlly four A. M. They sat down, waiting in anx inns suspense for some more of the party, who hav ing taken a different route in the dark, entered with equal silence and success, with ladders, about .200 "yards below, to the right. They immediately on being for Med, set to work with a loud peal of mus ketry, which was answered by the enemy with guns, blue lights, &c. The small leading party was some- What confounded, but this was no time for hesitation. The bugle was sounded, and they gave, three loud butzas, which Were answered frOm one end of the hill-to the otherOin a downward direction, when the firing, increased. Uuacquainted with the success below, and determined not to quit the hill alive, Major Welsh and his small party pushed- up'to the summit, still shouting and blowing. At this period, Major Welsh, by his exertions, - and.many severe falls in his efforts, was completely, deprived of the use of his limbs, and he fainted se yeral times. Being joined by the light company Ist battalion 3d regiment, he was afterwards carried by nis own desire to :tie scene of action. As they ap proached, the day broke, and discovered the whole hill in the possession of the British. The colours of the 2d battalion were - hoisted on a conspicuous rock, and the guns of. the enemy were -turned on iheir ;Meg, which were completely enfilade&t. They :nntinued, however, to fire with some guns, until a party dashed down tlie rock, and d:ove them - com pletely away. Irons. the lines, killing several, And taking all their arms, &e. During this opera tion, the whole force was moving down rapidly to fire support of the storming party ; a company of ," e e 6 &th, and th ree compan i es Ist b atta li on igt h cg4nerit joined them on the hill by the same r lVAing route. :11 ' 118 , by a successful coup-de-main, fell the strong anAl fatrwof lines of Travancore, the extent of which would require at least 10,000 men to d e f en d th em , and by nine o'clock there was not a man in sight, even from th e upper posts. The North hill, which IS very strong, but about three quarters of a mile. from the nearest part of the lines, was abandoned in such confusion, that the enemy 'left about 0 stand nt arms at the gate, preferring a naked state to it:sure their flight. A great quantity of cannon (some very beautiful brass ones) have been taken, to gether with muskets, pikes, and ammunition of all sorts, &c. The troops are busily employed in blow ing up the lines, and bursting all iron guns, &c. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAMP, TWO MILES WITHIN THE ARLIMBOOLY GATE, DATED 10TH rt.:BRUARY, 1b(19. I now must endeavourtofinish this by informing You of our wonderful success. Major Welsh last night volunteered to take. the heights on the left, and take up a position so as to command the lines ; we set out last night with two (200) of his Mai :sty's ..g4t`n regitneni; mid thi corn patties of the is/ and 2d of the 3d regiment; and theist; 3d, 4th; 6th, and Bth company 2d hatta . - lion 3d regiment, about eight o'clock P. M. and after a march of eight hours in the jungle (tbe roads being- cut by two companies of pioneers; - under Bertram), we had 'the pleasure of placing the sca - ling ladders on the Walls, and got the light infantry of the 69th over, when we began the firing by taking possession of the heights, and Capt. Cunningham, of the 69th, rushed forward on a small battery that commands the lines, and took possession of it; he there, poor fellow, received a mortal wound in his belly, but is still alive ; we then kept up a brisk fire of musketry on the lines, and about six o'clock Captains Lucas, Pepper, Carfrae, and I, 'proceeded to scour the ramparts with about 100 men, consist ing of a few from the 69th, and our regiment ; Car frae and I rushed on in front, and when we arrived at the gate, we had only eight or ten men with us, the rest, from fatigue, were lagging a little behind. I blew open the gate with one of the enemy's six pounders, and admitted the rest of our small detach ment, while Carfrae scoured the ground command ing the inside of the gate. It isa most providential victory; and that such a place should be taken with `2OO Europeans, and about boo Sepoys ; for our and Bth companies, and - two sections of the 4th com pany, lost their way in the jungle, and were obliged to return to camp ; I believe we have not a man killed, as far as I could see, only Captain Cun ningham, two privates of the 6gth, and three-Sepoys wounded, but all dangerously. When we began to scour the ramparts, there were two regular batta lions advanced upon us, beating the Grenadiers' March ; they twice endeavoured to regain the first bastions, and were as often repulsed; and when they ran off the last time, it was then that we fol lowed them so close, that they had not flint to rally. They say that they had two regular battalions and 5000 men on the ramparts 1.1;f en we attacked them, and it seems quite wonderful that we suc. r seeded ; and I am sure, that none excepting our astonishing and brave Major could attempt it ; we all thought him mad in perevering, after we saw what we had to d o ! N o t one o f us ever expel ed to return ~and one of the 69th privates said in my hearing, ". that that terrible Major surely thought he com mands motikies, to endeavour to get up suet) a mountain." The Officers were Captain Synts, Cap tain Cunningham, Captain Lindsay, and Lieute nants Baley, Carry, and Read, of the 68th; cap tain Lucas and Lieutenant Walker, of our grena diers; .Carfrae and Lieutenant Dawson, of the light company ; Captain Pepper and Ensign Meredith, of the Ist of the 3d grenadiers ; Lieutenant Gore, of the light company; Lieut. Gable, of the 3d; Lieut. Robinson, of the 4th ; and your most obedi. , ent, of the first company, were those who carried the day. The storming of the lines of Travancore, which was accomplished by Major Welsh on the 10th of February last, has been attended wnh circutnstances highly honourable to the skill and gallantry of that brave Officer. The following are the General Or ders issued on that occasion GENERAL ORDERS. Parole, WaLszt —Countersign, Succass. Camp two miles interior of A rumbooly Gate, February to, 1809. Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable A. St. Leger has much satisfaction in conveying to the troops un der his command the Most sincere congratulations on the brilliant achievement of this morning. The Lieutenant-Colonel deems it a duty he owes to jus tice, thus publicly to mark the high consideration he entertains of the perseverance, judgment, and ability displayed by Major Welsh, commanding the 3d Regiment of Native Infantry, in the assault of this morning, wherein the greatness of the enterprise could only be equalled by the success which attend ed it. The Lieutenant-Colonel r - caests. Major Welsh will convey to the Officers and men who composed the detachment for escalade under his command the most unqualified approbation of - their gallant exertions in accomplishing an object which must ever be considered as entitled to an high place in military records. Copy of Lieutenant-Colonel St. Leger's Letter, dated Feb. to, :Sag, to the Chief Secretary to Government. " SIR-I had the honour this morning to convey to you, by express; a small note in pencil for the in formation of the Honourable the Governor in Coun cil, by which you were made acquainted with the satisfa&ory intelligence of the British flag being fly ing on every quarter of the Arumbooly lines, as well as the commanding redoubts to the north and south. " It is impossible for me to de ,, :ribe in language sufficiently strong the obligations 1 feel under to the personal exertions of Major Welsh, commanding the 3(1 Regiment of Native Infantry, and the detach ment for assault under his command... •• The southern redoubt, which presented a com plete enfilade of the whole of the main lines as tar as the gate, was the / ohjed of Major Welsh's enter prise, an undertaking which, from the natural strength of the approach, appeared to be only prac ticable to the exertions and determined bravery of . British troops, led on to glory by Major Welsh. It was ascended under cover of the night, and our troops had a6tUally escaladed the wail ere their ap proach was suspeded, and the ascent of such great difficulty as to require six hours aelual scrambling to reach the foot of the walk. " In consideration of the brilliancy of this achieve ment, I feel a pleasurable duty in detailing, for the information of the Honourable Governor in Coun cil, the names of those Officers who accompanied ; the detachtnent for escalade, which consisted of two companies of the picquet of his Majesty'Stlgth Regi mem, commanded by Captain Syrtis, the tour flank companies and five battalion companies of the 3d Re giment, under Captain Lucas, and it did not require . that confirmation ( . which Major Welsh has conveyed in the most handsome manner) to convince we that to have accomplished such an objeti every man must have_done his duty. ' In the list of gallant fellows which accompani,d this dispatch, I hate to lament the fate of Captain Cunningham, tA hose wound -fear is mortal, which deprives his country of a brave and valuable Officer. " When Major Welsh had once effeaed his se curity in this commanding position, I dispatched t 9 his assistance, by the same ar d uous route, a com pany of his Majesty's tigth Regiment, aad three ConlitsnleA first liattalon 13t1} Captain Hodgson, to reinforce Abel add confidence to his party; as soon as this additiod was perceived, a detachment from his party stormed the Main lines; And by dint of persevering bravery carried them e&• th'ely, and the northern redoubt was abandoned bY the panic-struck enemy, who fled in all possib!e fu ,ion in every direttiOn, leaving me in possession of their strongest lines, and I am now encamped on a convenient possession, two miles interior of the Arutnbooly Gate. " I feel it a duty I owe, from the report of .111a= jor Welsh, of the services and exertions of the pio neers who accompanied him, to express my entire apprJbation of their conduit, and that of Lieute nant Bertram who accompanied them. In short, I feel highly satisfied with the condu& of the Officers and men who compose the detachment under my command. As soon as 7 receive details of the loss sustained, I shall have the honour of forwarding a corre& list of killed and wounded, which, consicer ing the object that has been realized, is very incon siderable. I arri in possession of the arsenal, which appears - well stored %vitt). arms, ammunition, and many stores ; with a quantity of valuable ordnance on the works, which has not yet beenascertained." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HEXHAM, THURSDAY. lIJNE 29. The Members' Plate of pl. for all ages ; two-mile heats, was won by Ld. Dundas's b. c. by L'Orient, 3 yrs old. FRIDAY. The 1 - lexh'am Stakes of sgs. each, with 217,5. added, for any horse, &c. not thorough bred two-mile heats 9 subscri bers. Mr, lameson's b. m. Mayflower, 6 yrs old, lost - 7 Mr. Heslop's m. Lovely Lass, 4 yrs old, Bst 71b. . 1 2 2 SATURDAY. Fifty pounds for all ages ; three-mile heats. Mr. Hunter's ch. c. Ryal, 4 y I'S old , Sst. 31b. 1 Mr. Stephenson's Nightingale, s yrs Sat. 81b. - -3 2 Mr. Vardy's b. In. s yr.) Sat. Sib. Mr. liatson'6 Miss Wagtail, 4 yrs_old, S4t. - - - - 4 d t KNIGHTON, THURSDAY, JULY 13. Hunters' Stakes of sgs each, izst. Gentlemen riders; 4-mile heats. Mr. ToldervN's ch, g. Jack t Mr. Heritage's br. m. Cora 2 2 Sweepstakes of icgs. each, for horses that never started, paid or received forfeit, belure the Ist of March last ; two mile heats. Mr. Lockley's b. g. l - lenryfirassington, 5 yrs old Ld Oxford's bl, in. Jessica, 5 yrs old. - 2 2 FRIDAY. Fifty pounds for all ages ; 4-mile heats. Ld Oxford's b. e. Little Preston, 3 yrs oid r I Mr. Heritage's b. g. Chicken, s yrs old 2 2 SI R JOHN M c NANARA HAYES, Bart. M.D.—This This gentleman died on Wednesday last, at his hoose in Old Burlington -street. He was a native of Ire land, but had long resid e d i n thi s country , an d -prac - , - . tised with considerable success among the higher' circles. He was Inspeaor-General of the Medical Department at Woolwich. He was held in great esteem by a very numerous circle of friends ; he was of a social disposition, and his conversation was marked by humour as well as.by varied knowledge; and he was always ready to exert his professional abilities from the diCiates of benevolence. His con ' duet was uniformly characterised by integrity and a liberal spirit, and the loss of such a man will long be felt by his family and friends. BOXING. ---A match was made a fortnight since betwixt Smith, the contemporary of O'Donnel, an_'. George Green, a rising fighter of the present day.— The combatants had each beaten Dixon, the most ce lebrated on the list of his weight, which is two stone less than Green or Smith. The present combatants stood high on the list of second raters, and at one o'clock on Wednesday they met on the spot where Richmond and Wood fought, near Kingston, with their seconds, Young Belcher and Blake for Green, , and Jones and Clark for Smith. Betting was 5 and 6 to 4on Green. The contest was a disappointment to the amateurs, who mustered strongly in expecta tion of a boxing match worth seeing. The combatants fought shy of each other, but Green put in a stomacher in the second round, which doubled up his adversary, and rose the odds in his favour. This was the only hit of consequence Green placed dur ; ing the combat ; and Smith, whose greatest requisite is rufflaning his man, seemed as much lost. He fought careful and hit but seldom, but he won the match, which , was for 20 guineas, in three quarters of an hour, without much harm to either ,party.— Another battle, much better contested than the for- I mer, was fought between Lennox, a playful little fighter of the old school, and A' novice, which was • won by Lennox. ANZCDOTE.-The late Lord with - Many good qoalities, and even learning and parts, had a strong desireof being thought skilful in physic, and was very expert in bleeding. Lord Chesterfield, who knew his foible, and on a particular occasion 1 wished to have his vote, came to burn one morning, and, after having conversed with him on indifferent matters, complained of the head-ache, and desired his Lordship to feel his pulse. It was found to beat high, and a hint of losing blood was given. " I have no objection ; and, as I hear your Lordship has a masterly hand, will you favour me with trying your lancet upon me ?"—" ..4-pro-pos," said Lord Ches terfield, after the operation ; " do you go to the House to-day ?" Lord R-- answered, " I did not intend to go, not being sufficiently informed of the question which is to be debated; but you who have considered it, 'which side will you be or ?" The Earl, having gained hit confidence, eas;ly eh reed his judgment, he carried him to the House, and got him to vote as he pleased. He used after wards to say, that none of its friends had done so much as he, having literally tied for the good 'of his country. Wednesday night, between the hours of ten and eleven,.a most daring attempt was made to enter the house of Mr. Wallace,' tallow-chandler, in Charles street, Westminster. A fellow had been observed lurking about the house for some time, and when the family were going to lock the door, he seized Mr. Wallace by the collar, and attempted to force his way into the house ; Mr. Wallace's sisters being present, gave the alarm, and a watchman came up, but was instantly, knocked down by the fellow, who' then attempted to escape; but assistance being promptly given, he was secured, and . evw?•eyed to the watch-lAlue. ziL4Ni. DUBLIN, JULY 17.=A general Embargo was LArd yesterday morning on all the Shipping in this liai hour, and every other throughout the kingdem; iti consequence of the Sailing of the Grand Expedition; So strictly was it enforced, that the sailing of thin Packets for England was at first prohibited, but af.= tetWards countermanded, as to the Holyhead Packets; but the Chester and Liverpool ones were detained.—Qur Theatricals close for the season to . - • tnorrow. MuNr3Es had a btiniper benefit last night to the Beciti.t: Stratagem. At the annual Wool Sale by au6tion, iirlder the direlion of the Farming Society, held this day iri Dublin, the folloWing high prices were obtained foi South Down Wool, viz, Mr. Owiisr prime fleeces, gs. 6d. .per lb. his seconds, Lis. t Id. ditto.—Rev. J. SiAIES'S . pritne fleeces, s; per lb, li!s seconds, 4s, gd. ditto. , ljußuti, Wednesday the 12th inst. the Orangemen ,of Belfast and Lisburri DistriEtS, amounting in number to about 3000, as.; sembled, according to ancient usage, to celebrate the day, and proceeded with their wonted regularity and order to the Church of Belfast, where they heard a most instructive and appropriate Sermon preached by the Rev. ROBERT DOBBS. After Divine Service they went in procession through the principal streets ac companied by the Bands of the Belfast and Lisburo Yeomanry, and returned to their respective Lodge rooms to conclude the day in social festivity and concord. On the same day, and On the sane occasion, the numerous Members of the Olenavy and Ballinder' r'y Distrids, with similar regularity and good order, at tended Divine Service at Glenavy, where the Rev. EDVI4RD CUPPLES addressed them in an ekcellent, useful, and well-adapted discourse. . • EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM RATHDRUM, JULY 16. " Wednesday last being the Ist of July, 0. S. the Orangemen of this town assembled agreeable to an nual 'Custom s to celebrate the anniversary of the Bat.; tle of the Boyne : a sumptuous dinner was provided for the occasion, at %Ville') WILLIAM T(MiLI&SON; Esq. Deputy Master, presided; after the cloth was removed, many appropriate toasts were given. " In the evening the mmpany adjourned to the Market Square, where the Yeomanry had previously assembled, when a feu-de : joie was fired in honour of the day, amidst the acclamations of a vast .con course of, spe6lators, who had come froth the sur rounding country to witness this scene of festivity , and joy. After the firi n g was over , t h e com p a ny' resumed their convivi,dity, and did not separate urt-;. tit a late hour. So strialy regular was every thing conducted, that it appeared one universal scene of loyalty, unanimity, and brotherly love." The first division of Capt. BULL'S troop of noyai Horse Artillery arrived in Limerick on Saturday from Athlone, on their route to embark at Cork fot foreign service. Tie Ist Dragoons, it is said, will shortly embark for foreign service. Thursday evening. Michael Fitipatrick was capi. tally convicled, at Ennis Assizes, of the murder of Pat. Kelly, his b ro ther.in on the 12th of May, 1805, at ibrickan, by giving him several blows of a spade. tie was executed on Saturday last.—Sil. vester Minchin, convicted of manslaughter, was Sen• tented to six months' imprisonment. At the above Assizes-there were 54 infoithations laid for unlicensid stills in different . -baronies, of which 33 were imposed, which subjeels the respec tive parishes in which they were found to a penalty of 16501. British. i'vlost of the cases were traversed, and Julies thereon were impannelled, under the di rection of the Lord Chief Baron. CORK, JULY 15.—An extraordinary oecortence has recently sown the seeds of public dissension in the loyal Protestant town of Bandon,•in this councy, the effects of which may prove of the most serious consequence.—On the Ist of July, the Yeomanry Corps of that town and neighbourhood, consisting of 600 men, assembled on their parade with Orange lilies in their hats, in commemoration of the Battle of the Boyne, in conformity to immemorial usage. Their' Commander, Lbed BANDON, is said to have remonstrated, against these trophies as unmilitary, and desired them to be removed. This, however, was not complied with at first, till a more peremp tory order was given, tvith an intimation that obe dience to command was the principal duty of a sol dier. The Orange lilies were in consequence struck, but the next day the corps assembled, and, after de liberating on all the proceedings, almost unanimous ly resolved to pile their arms, which was immediately performed by the whole Corps, with the exception of about 25 privates. The arms were afterwards removed to Lord BANDON'S great hall, and the corps, it seems, deem themselves virtually dissolved. The whole town of Bandon, and lands around it, are the property of the Duke of DEVCANSHIP.E, and till witl:in these few years every inhabitant within this loyal place was a Protestant. A few days since died, in the county of Wicklow, in the 78th year of his age, the Hon. and Rev. J. CROSEIE, Dean of Limerick. SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 21. This day's Market had but a short supply of dif ferent kinds of Cattle; Lamb is dearer than our last report ; Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork, sold at last prices, and the trade in' general was but indifferent,. The sales in the Haymarket were trifling, Hay, Straw, and Clover, fetched last prices. The follow ing prices and numbers tire an accurate statement : To sink the Offal per stone of 81b. Beef 4s. 6d. to ss. O.—Mutton 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.—Veal 4s. 4d. to 6s. od. —Pork 4s. tad. to 6s. W.—Lamb ss. od. to tos. 6d. Beasts, 430.—Sheep and Lambs, 5,300. Calves, 130. — Pigs, 300. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET. flay 51, tss. od. to 71. os. od.—Straw tl. los. od. to al. Qs. od.—Clover 71.'05. 04. to 81. Bs. od: CORN-EXCHANGt, ititV 21.--=To=day the-market is in the state as our lbSt feport, without arrivals of grain during the Embargio'i . but considerable remain ing quantities of Wheat, chiefly foreign, , iecond, and ,inferior, which is almost without buyers ; but fine in request, and keeps its price ; in Barley and Malt little fluctuation ; Pease and Beans of the two kinds vary but little; there are considerable remaining supplies of oats, and in this trade little variation ; Flour at our last quotation ; fine American